Photonic crystal fibre enables short-wavelength two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy with fura-2

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4757-4763

  McConnell, Gail ^a   Riis, Erling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTALS; FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; MUSCLE;

MUSCLE CELLS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

PHOTONS;

CALCIUM; FURA 2; INDICATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RAT; RELIABILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPECTROMETER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FURA-2; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOTONS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 7244229699     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/20/007     Document Type: Article

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